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SANDRA HYSLOP

Sickline Redemption

12/10/2016

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Champs! Photo: Amy Morton
Just over a year ago I swam out of a sinking boat into the Champion's Killer eddy in the sickline final; my gopro headcam footage would be unusable by the media due to a string of choice swear words and I was suffering from frustration and bitterness about my performance.  Whilst many were quick to blame the equipment - the deck shouldn't have popped, the boat was too small - I knew myself that I hadn't got a clean line down the TNT rapid ever since the sudden increase in water levels the night before the finals and decks are far less likely to pop when you're not backlooping and surfing upside down in holes.  My inability to get clean lines down the racecourse annoyed me far more than losing out on the fame and glory of winning the competition and I vowed to return this year to redeem myself.

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